You never slow down, you never grow old

Ahhh!!  Well once again my weekend running plans were destroyed by volleyball.  It is proving to be impossible to train for a marathon and still play competitive volleyball.  I figured the tournament today would be over by 3pm since it started at 9am and I would get in a run at the gym before heading home, well when I walked out the door, tired, sore, and starving at 6:30pm, I decided a run was not happening after playing so much!!!  I guess it's good that I was playing ball all day and not skipping a run to lay around, but I really wanted to do it, but my body was done for the day....

But..... team Killasaurus Rex came out of pool play in first place, was top seeded in playoffs, and went on to win the whole tournament!!!  Woohoo!  Nice job today to Rebecca, Amanda, Kaitlyn, Angela, Mary, and of course myself!  Great job, great team!

3.0 on the treadmill 7.1-7.2mph at 0.5 incline.

Kind of a crap run but my body was too tired and sore from volleyball yesterday so I listened to it and took it easy.

5 treadmill miles at 0.5 incline and a crappy 7.1mph with a little speed at the very end...

Treadmill again..... 

mile1 - 7.1mph

mile2- 7.2mph

mile3- 7.3mph

mile4- 7.2mph

mile5- 7.1mph (last .25mile 8.0,8.5,9.0mph)

coed 4s volleyball as cross training

wasn't my finest playing, but it wasn't the worst either....

16.1 miles in 2:14:51 [8:23 pace]

Found a great 16 mile loop from the house, down Mass Ave to Harvard Square (that part stinks a little with all the foot traffic that is hard to get around, but it's pretty short) then down to the river along the Cambridge side up to and around the Science Museum down the Boston side on the Esplanade back over the Weeks footbridge and back up Mass Ave back home.  I felt pretty good the whole time but by the last mile I was ready to be done.  I am really psyched about my splits, in my brain I don't think I really run that fast, but Nike+ says I do!  Gonna go stretch out good now and hope I can keep it together to play the RCOB- volleyball tournament tomorrow....we have a super fun team, can't wait!!!

Also...I can't imagine better running weather! Seriously, mid to upper 40s with sunshine....in Boston...in December?  Amazing!!!  Keep up the good work, Mother Nature!